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Desaware NT Service Toolkit .NET Edition

Create a full featured service in minutes using .NET, even debug your service using the .NET environment. Although the .NET framework supports the creation of simple services, the NT Service Toolkit allows you to create more robust and complex services in minutes. Features include: easy development and debugging, automatic COM/DCOM/Remoting support, advanced thread management, self installing executables and the ability to create control panel applets. Easy migration path from the COM based edition.

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Desaware NT Service Toolkit .NET Edition V2.0

Add to Cart $ 499.00 1 Developer License Download (5.7 MB)
Add to Cart $ 1,500.00 4 Developer Team License Download (5.7 MB)
Add to Cart $ 2,500.00 8 Developer Team License Download (5.7 MB)
Add to Cart $ 3,500.00 1 Site Wide License (Allows Unlimited Developers at a Single Physical Address) Download (5.7 MB)

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Developer License One software license is required per machine.
Site Wide License: Allows Unlimited Developers at a single physical address.
Run-time royalty free.

Overview

Screenshot of Desaware NT Service Toolkit .NET Edition - .NET Component - V2.0

You can create services using C# and VB.Net, however you can create better services more quickly using the Desaware NT Service Toolkit .NET Edition.


The following features list shows how:

  • Built in Service simulator makes it possible to test and debug services without actually installing them as a service. This not only speeds development, but is especially critical for testing startup and shutdown scenarios that are difficult to debug
  • Create full featured control panel applets using Visual Basic .NET, C#, and other .NET languages
  • Services created with this toolkit are entirely self-installing using the command line. There is no need for a separate tool
  • Command line installation allows specification of user, password and install time parameters ideal for supporting customized automated installations during deployment
  • Services may automatically and simultaneously expose internal objects via both .NET remoting and COM/DCOM. Support for both remoting schemes is ideal for incremental migration you can move your service to .NET without migrating all of your clients
  • Objects exposed via both COM and .NET remoting automatically receive service start and stop notifications directly from the framework
  • The service framework is fully instrumented for tracing and debugging, essential for rapid solution to problems both during development and after distribution
  • A high degree of compatibility with the COM version of the Toolkit makes migration of services to .NET remarkably easy
  • Built-in timer, support for background waits on .NET synchronization (WaitHandle) objects, and asynchronous operations on remotable objects created by clients. Built in synchronization makes it easy to avoid many of the synchronization problems associated with multithreaded applications
  • COM interop supported using a private thread-pool for maximum scalability regardless of whether client access is via COM or .NET remoting
  • Interactive service features including the ability to detect the logged on user, and when a user is logging off the system
  • Integration with Desawares StateCoder makes it easy to create sophisticated and scalable state machine based services
  • Superior shutdown detection (earlier than provided by the .NET framework)

Compatibility

  • Operating System for Deployment
    • Windows XP
    • Windows 2000
    • Windows NT 4.0
  • Architecture of Product
    • 32Bit
  • Product Type
    • Component
  • Component Type
    • .NET Class
    • Managed/Unmanaged Code - without COM
  • Compatible Containers
    • Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
    • Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
    • Microsoft Visual C++ .NET
    • Microsoft Visual C# .NET
    • .NET Framework 1.0
  • Product Class
    • Business Components
  • Test and Review Status
    • Installation Tested - Yes
    • Uninstall Tested - Yes
    • Anti Virus Checked - Yes
    • Evaluation Installation Tested - Yes
    • Evaluation Uninstall Tested - Yes
    • Documentation Reviewed - Yes
    • Sample Code Reviewed - Yes

Prerequisites

Disk Space Required: 17MB
Memory Required: 32MB